OBITS: Sentinel Obituary Abstracts, June 2009, Lewistown, Mifflin County, PA Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Josie Baughman Copyright 2009. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/mifflin/ _______________________________________________ The Sentinel, June 2009 Obituaries abstracted by Josie Baughman * = deceased Name Allen, Margaret J. W. Age Death Date Death Place Birth Date 2/12/1933 Birth Place Richboro, PA Father Harold Weir* Mother Esther Weir* Spouse William Allen Cemetery Sentinel 6/25/2009 Name Anderson, Mary E. Age 96 Death Date 6/28/2009 Death Place Annville, PA Birth Date 12/8/1912 Birth Place Oliver Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Wilbur C. Swigart* Mother Blanche (Rhoads) Swigart* Spouse Clair R. Anderson* Cemetery Spring Run Church of the Brethren Cemetery, McVeytown Sentinel 6/30/2009 Name Bailey, Wilda H. Age 90 Death Date 6/12/2009 Death Place Carlisle, PA Birth Date 8/29/1918 Birth Place Milton, PA Father Fulmer Barber* Mother Nellie (Brown) Barber* Spouse Frank L. Bailey* Cemetery Church Hill Cemetery, Reedsville Sentinel 6/15/2009 Name Baker, Patricia Ann Age 77 Death Date 6/12/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 7/1/1931 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Samuel R. Gilbert* Mother Ada E. (Ort) Gilbert* Spouse Harold D. "Big" Baker* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 6/12/2009 Name Bamford, Pauline A. Age 96 Death Date 1/9/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Mt. Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 6/16/2009 Name Blessing, George S. "Buck" Age 90 Death Date 6/3/2009 Death Place Landisburg, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 6/5/2009 Name Bowser, Mary Jane (Rodgers) Age 71 Death Date 6/18/2009 Death Place East Waterford, PA Birth Date 2/28/1938 Birth Place Wellsville, York Co., PA Father Lloyd Daniel Rodgers* Mother Verdella May (Hinkle) Rodgers* Spouse Cemetery Warrington Friends Cemetery, Wellsville Sentinel 6/20/2009 Name Brookhart, Luther C. Age 74 Death Date 6/10/2009 Death Place Newport, PA Birth Date 1/20/1935 Birth Place Millerstown, PA Father Norman A. Brookhart* Mother Carrie (Hoffman) Brookhart* Spouse Cemetery St. Matthews Lutheran Church Cemetery, Millerstown Sentinel 6/15/2009 Name Carolus, Ella Mae "Skee" Age 85 Death Date 6/16/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 6/24/1923 Birth Place Black Twp., Somerset Co., PA Father Elmer Baily* Mother Martha (France) Baily* Spouse James B. Carolus* Cemetery Private Sentinel 6/18/2009 Name Close, Flora E. Sterrett Age 90 Death Date 6/6/2009 Death Place Siglerville, PA Birth Date 12/10/1918 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Emanuel Thompson Mitchell* Mother Evelyn J. (Brittain) Mitchell* Spouse Andrew G. Sterrett*, Joseph Close* Cemetery Private Sentinel 6/8/2009 Name Cox, Florence Marie Age 93 Death Date 6/23/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 2/17/1916 Birth Place Centre Hall, PA Father John D. Lucas* Mother Blanche (Heckman) Lucas* Spouse William G. Cox* Cemetery Thompsontown Lutheran Cemetery Sentinel 6/24/2009 Name Dukes, Jeanette L. Age 70 Death Date 6/5/2009 Death Place Milroy, PA Birth Date 9/10/1938 Birth Place Altoona, PA Father John Leoras* Mother Larue (Holsinger) Leoras* Spouse Larry W. Dukes* Cemetery St. Mark's Episcopal Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 6/5/2009 Name Elsasser, Dean A. Age 82 Death Date 6/4/2009 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 6/8/2009 Name Ferrence, Antoinette A. "Toni" Age 61 Death Date 5/22/2009 Death Place Boothwyn, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Union Cemetery, Mifflintown Sentinel 6/3/2009 Name Finkbeiner, Ned H. Age Death Date 5/14/2009 Death Place Bloomfield Hills, MI Birth Date 2/3/1935 Birth Place Philipsburg, PA Father George Finkbeiner* Mother Helen (Harpster) Finkbeiner* Spouse Elizabeth (Beveridge) Finkbeiner Cemetery Sentinel 6/9/2009 Name Fleisher, H. Neil Age 73 Death Date 6/19/2009 Death Place Florence, Ore. Birth Date 2/28/1936 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Harold Fleisher* Mother Eva (Goss) Fleisher* Spouse Pauline (Muldoon) Fleisher Cemetery Pacific Sunsel Cemetery, Florence, OR Sentinel 6/24/2009 Name Gearhart, J. Mitchell Age 98 Death Date 6/8/2009 Death Place McVeytown, PA Birth Date 2/9/1911 Birth Place Oliver Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Charles Gearhart* Mother Laura (Rhodes) Gearhart* Spouse Ruth I. (Cutter) Gearhart* Cemetery Spring Run Church of the Brethren Cemetery, McVeytown Sentinel 6/10/2009 Name Goss, Joseph Robert Age 73 Death Date 6/6/2009 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 11/28/1935 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father William M. Goss* Mother Erma Rose (Williams) Goss* Spouse Lois A. (Packard) Goss Cemetery Sentinel 6/8/2009 Name Goss, Ted F. Age Death Date 5/28/2009 Death Place Portsmouth, NH Birth Date 1/10/1938 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Lester T. Goss Mother Ernestine (Aumiller) Goss Spouse Marcia (Shapleigh) Goss Cemetery Sentinel 6/26/2009 Name Grubb, Shirley M. Age 83 Death Date 6/10/2009 Death Place Lititz, PA Birth Date Birth Place Holidaysburg, PA Father Irvin Myers* Mother Grace (Hayes) Myers* Spouse Earl E. Grubb* Cemetery Highland Presbyterian Church Memorial Garden, Lancaster Sentinel 6/12/2009 Name Habbershon, Joseph R. Age 66 Death Date 6/23/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 9/17/1942 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father William Habbershon* Mother Gladys Jean (Corson) Habbershon* Spouse Patricia (Peck) Habbershon Cemetery Sentinel 6/25/2009 Name Hayes, Marjorie M. Age 81 Death Date 6/2/2009 Death Place Reedsville, PA Birth Date 7/22/1927 Birth Place Milroy, PA Father Lewis Holmes Treaster* Mother Grace L. (Kerstetter) Treaster* Spouse Paul D. Hayes* Cemetery Mt. Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 6/3/2009 Name Heisey, Deborah Kay Age 50 Death Date 6/12/2009 Death Place Harrisburg, PA Birth Date 6/24/1958 Birth Place Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Raymond M. Graybill* Mother Twila I. (Hoffman) Graybill Spouse Mark A. Heisey Cemetery Lost Creek Presbyterian Cemetery, McAlisterville Sentinel 6/15/2009 Name Henry, Joann Marie Age Death Date 6/25/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 9/16/1929 Birth Place Beaver Falls, PA Father Donald H. Foucart* Mother Evelyn (Donovan) Foucart* Spouse William E. Henry* Cemetery Mt. Rock Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 6/25/2009 Name Hershey, Alina M. Age 1 Death Date 6/3/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 8/11/2007 Birth Place Derry Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Stephen M. Bomgardner Mother Robin A. Wickard Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 6/5/2009 Name Hile, Helen Ehrenfeld Age 85 Death Date 6/14/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 3/12/1924 Birth Place Siglerville, PA Father A. Grant Ehrenfeld* Mother Nellie (Hassinger) Ehrenfeld* Spouse William L. Hile* Cemetery Woodlawn Cemetery, Milroy Sentinel 6/16/2009 Name Himes, Mary B. Age 88 Death Date 6/16/2009 Death Place Belleville, PA Birth Date 1/4/1921 Birth Place Portage, PA Father David G. Bosley* Mother Florence M. (Warren) Bosley* Spouse Lewis H. Himes* Cemetery Forrest Lawn Cemetery, Johnstown Sentinel 6/17/2009 Name Hobbs, Florence E. Age 85 Death Date 6/20/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 1/7/1924 Birth Place Beaverdale, PA Father Henry J. Chapman* Mother Margaret M. (Parker) Chapman* Spouse Eugene W. Hobbs* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/22/2009 Name Hostetler, Verdie Irene (Pearson) Age 95 Death Date 6/22/2009 Death Place Blairsville, GA Birth Date 7/25/1913 Birth Place Burnham, PA Father Calvin D. Pearson* Mother Etta (Cargill) Pearson* Spouse Elton Yoder*, William Collins*, David Hostetler* Cemetery Lind Memorial Cemetery, Lewistown Sentinel 6/25/2009 Name Johnson, Ronald N. "RJ" Age 73 Death Date 6/1/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/2/1935 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Fred Johnson* Mother Nell (Bowlby) Johnson* Spouse Kay (Vawn) Johnson Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/3/2009 Name Laub, Jay R. Age 80 Death Date 5/31/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 7/8/1928 Birth Place Union Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Russell W. Laub* Mother Edna K. (Deitz) Laub* Spouse M. Kathleene (Schutawie) Laub* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/2/2009 Name Leeper, Charles W. "Mick" Age Death Date Death Place Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Vira Methodist Cemetery Sentinel 6/24/2009 Name Mahady, Paul R. Age 76 Death Date 6/14/2009 Death Place Hershey, PA Birth Date 9/4/1932 Birth Place Burnham, PA Father John C. Mahady* Mother Helen M. (Barger) Mahady* Spouse Dorothy (Sweitzer) Mahady Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/17/2009 Name Mary, Kathleen Age 99 Death Date 5/29/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/29/1909 Birth Place Birmingham, England Father Cornelius Shaw* Mother Alice (Foreman) Shaw* Spouse William E. Mary* Cemetery Calvary Cemetery, Drums Sentinel 6/1/2009 Name Master, Josephine E. Age 80 Death Date 6/8/2009 Death Place Beaver Springs, PA Birth Date 7/24/1928 Birth Place Adams Twp., Snyder Co., PA Father Reed Herman* Mother Bessie (Thomas) Herman* Spouse Cemetery Troxelville Union Cemetery Sentinel 6/9/2009 Name McNier, Catherine M. Age 51 Death Date 6/1/2009 Death Place Lancaster, PA Birth Date 12/18/1958 Birth Place Mount Union, PA Father Dominic Saia* Mother Linda (Fleming) Swineford Spouse Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/3/2009 Name Miller, Barbara B. Age 63 Death Date 6/14/2009 Death Place Milesburg, PA Birth Date 5/27/1946 Birth Place Belleville, PA Father William H. Boring* Mother Francis (Hostetler) Boring* Spouse Robert E. Miller Cemetery St. Stephens Lutheran Cemetery, Jackson Twp., Huntingdon Sentinel 6/16/2009 Name Miller, Sarah Anna Age 95 Death Date 6/5/2009 Death Place Corona, AZ Birth Date 9/2/1913 Birth Place McAlevy's Fort, PA Father William F. Wilson* Mother Eliza Jane (Baughman) Wilson* Spouse Robert M. Miller* Cemetery St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery, McAlevy's Fort Sentinel 6/10/2009 Name Morgan, Hazel Marie Age 88 Death Date 6/21/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 8/28/1920 Birth Place Decatur Twp., Mifflin Co., PA Father Charles L. Arnold* Mother Carrie E. (Snook) Arnold* Spouse Cloyd James Morgan* Cemetery Samuel's Church Cemetery, McClure Sentinel 6/23/2009 Name Norris, George Washington Age 75 Death Date 6/8/2009 Death Place Altoona, PA Birth Date 2/22/1934 Birth Place Huntingdon, PA Father John Norris Mother Pauline (Collins) Norris Spouse Shelva J. (Goss) Norris Cemetery Old Stone Church Cemetery, James Creek, Huntingdon Co. Sentinel 6/10/2009 Name Norton, Elmer D. "E.D." Age 87 Death Date 6/22/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 5/9/1922 Birth Place Hillsgrove, PA Father Ernest Lyman Norton* Mother Anna Gertrude (Warburton) Norton* Spouse Olga "Susie" (Solveig) Norton* Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/25/2009 Name Notestine, Cora V. Age 87 Death Date 6/5/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 7/29/1921 Birth Place Milford Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father Charles Dolin* Mother Daisy (Bell) Dolin* Spouse Marlin Renno Notestine* Cemetery St. Stephen's Lutheran Cemetery, Licking Creek Valley Sentinel 6/5/2009 Name Pallo, Edward L. Age 76 Death Date 5/31/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 8/5/1932 Birth Place Hawk Run Father Mike J. Pallo* Mother Margaret C. (Verost) Pallo* Spouse Mary E. (Coder) Pallo Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/2/2009 Name Pearson, Ellen Victoria Age 92 Death Date 6/28/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 4/21/1917 Birth Place East Waterford, PA Father Jerome P. McElhany* Mother Grace (Graham) McElhany* Spouse Albert B. Pearson* Cemetery Private Sentinel 6/30/2009 Name Pennebaker, Sandra M. Age 66 Death Date 5/29/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 12/26/1942 Birth Place Reedsville, PA Father Harry W. Smoker Mother Hilda M. (Freed) Smoker Spouse Ronald L. Pannebaker Cemetery Sentinel 6/1/2009 Name Richard, Connie J. Humer Age 64 Death Date 6/16/2009 Death Place Mechanicsburg, PA Birth Date 7/27/1944 Birth Place Mechanicsburg, PA Father Willard C. Humer* Mother Ethel V. (Knisely) Humer Spouse Carl R. Richard Cemetery Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Mechanicsburg Sentinel 6/18/2009 Name Slick, Karen Louise Hagan Age 45 Death Date 6/9/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 7/26/1963 Birth Place Lewistown, PA Father Richard Hagan Mother Shirley Ross Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 6/12/2009 Name Smith, George R. "Dick" Age 85 Death Date 6/21/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 6/17/1924 Birth Place Thompsontown, Juniata Co., PA Father Austin R. Smith* Mother Mary A. (McNaight) Smith* Spouse Edith P. "Edie" Smith* Cemetery Union Memorial Gardens, Mifflintown Sentinel 6/23/2009 Name Stidinger, Rosy Mildred Age 96 Death Date 5/30/2009 Death Place State College, PA Birth Date 1/13/1912 Birth Place Juniata Co., PA Father John Stidinger* Mother Mary (Rapp) Stidinger* Spouse Cemetery Private Sentinel 6/1/2009 Name Stoicheff, M. Larry Age 72 Death Date 6/29/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date 9/18/1936 Birth Place Burnham, PA Father George T. Stoicheff* Mother Carolyn (Contarski) Stoicheff* Spouse Cemetery Juniata Memorial Park, Lewistown Sentinel 6/30/2009 Name Stufft, Mary Jane Age 77 Death Date 6/26/2009 Death Place Lansing, OH Birth Date 5/20/1932 Birth Place Juniata Twp., Bedford Co., PA Father Silas Turner* Mother Ruth (Weyant) Turner* Spouse Donald R. Stufft* Cemetery Schellsburg Cemetery, Ohio Sentinel 6/30/2009 Name Sunderland, Tina Marie Age 49 Death Date 6/8/2009 Death Place West Decatur Twp., PA Birth Date 10/23/1959 Birth Place Fairbanks, Alaska Father Larry Henry Skiles Mother Mary Elizabeth (Shivley) Skiles Spouse Robert Allen Sunderland Cemetery Sentinel 6/12/2009 Name Swarey, David R. Age 81 Death Date 6/23/2009 Death Place Mifflintown, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 6/24/2009 Name Taylor, Candace "Candy" Garrett Age 59 Death Date 6/6/2009 Death Place Danville, PA Birth Date 6/16/1949 Birth Place Father Darwin Garrett* Mother Doris (Bashore) Garrett* Spouse Cemetery Sentinel 6/8/2009 Name Woodward, Martha G. Age 83 Death Date 6/6/2009 Death Place Mifflin, PA Birth Date 8/10/1925 Birth Place Beale Twp., Juniata Co., PA Father McCoy S. Wilson* Mother Elizabeth M. (Steffy) Wilson* Spouse John R. Woodward* Cemetery McCoysville Cemetery Sentinel 6/8/2009 Name Yocum, Helen Hackenberger Age 90 Death Date 5/30/2009 Death Place Hershey, PA Birth Date 7/18/1918 Birth Place Kurtz Valley, Juniata Co., PA Father Walter Hackenberger* Mother Verna (Fogleman) Hackenberger* Spouse W. Robert Yocum* Cemetery Locust Run Cemetery, Thompsontown Sentinel 6/1/2009 Name Yoder, Annie S. Age 69 Death Date 6/13/2009 Death Place Lewistown, PA Birth Date 2/1/1940 Birth Place Reedsville, PA Father Sameul H. Yoder* Mother Emma (Speicher) Yoder* Spouse Benjamin C. Yoder Cemetery Green Lane Cemetery, Reedsville Sentinel 6/15/2009 Name Yoder, Israel S. Age 55 Death Date 6/14/2009 Death Place Port Royal, PA Birth Date Birth Place Father Mother Spouse Rebecca (Hershberger) Yoder Cemetery Church Hill Amish Cemetery Sentinel 6/15/2009